RESPONSE TO FREETOWN 60 - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST

UNCLAS STATE 016131 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KJUS PHUM SL SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO FREETOWN 60 - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST REF: FREETOWN 60 ¶1. The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below who will be participating in the "FBI National Academy Associates Middle East/Africa Chapter Retraining Conference" from March 23-27, 2010, in Botswana. ¶2. The following are the list of candidates: Candidate 1: Name: Patrick Kamara Rank: Superintendent Organization: Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Current Position: Superintendent, Sierra Leone Police DPOB: 09/24/1954, Sierra Leone Gender: Male PPT: S004338, exp. 26 March 2013 Candidate 2: Name: Amadu Mannah Rank: Chief Superintendent Organization: Sierra Leone Police Force (SLP) Current Position: Local Unit Commander, Kenema Division DPOB: 09/10/1964, Sierra Leone Gender: Male PPT: O210668, exp. 3 March 2013 Candidate 3: Name: Musa Mockarie Lappia Rank: Director of CID Organization: Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Current Position: Director of CID, Sierra Leone Police DPOB: 04/12/1967, Sierra Leone Gender: Male PPT: S003552, exp. 18 April 2010 ¶3. POC for this matter is Legat David Brooks, David.Brooks@ic.fbi.gov, cell: 232-76-801-497, IVG: 798, ext. 5400 or 5401. ¶4. Embassy Freetown has reviewed its files and found no information concerning gross human rights violations or criminal activity by the individuals. Embassy is reminded that it must maintain a record of its vetting results for the following sections: Political, Regional Security and Consular. Records should be maintained in the Political Section. ¶5. Embassy Freetown is authorized to report this information to the appropriate officials in the following language: "Embassy reports that, as of this date, the Department of State has no credible information regarding gross abuse of human rights on the part of the named individuals." ¶6. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credible information of gross violation of human rights by any personnel involved in this training, Embassy should so inform the Department and not proceed with this training. CLINTON